Living submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air.

- Evangelista Torricelli

Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of nature; I know of no one who…

- Evangelista Torricelli

The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect.

- Evangelista Torricelli

Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest, to being there, it should e…

- Evangelista Torricelli

The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect. Who, then, would wish to prevent me…

- Evangelista Torricelli

winds are produced by differences of air temperature, and hence density, between two regions of earth.

- Evangelista Torricelli